Sustainable and Healthy Communities Subcommittee
EPA’s Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) Research program, one of six national research programs within EPA’s Office of Research and Development, provides technical solutions, tools, information, and other resources in three topic areas critical to fulfilling the Agency’s mission to protect the environment and safeguard public health:
- Contaminated Sites
- Waste and Materials Management
- Healthy and Resilient Communities
SHC is guided by a Strategic Action Research Plan jointly designed with EPA program and regional office partners and external stakeholders to advance the Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environmental and fulfill its goal of applying research and scientific analysis to inform policy making.
- Learn more about the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program
- View the FY19-22 SHC Strategic Research Action Plan
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Subcommittee Members
Chair
Courtney Flint, PhD
Professor
Utah State University
Vice Chair
Matthew Naud, MPP, MS
Senior Consultant
adapt.city LLC
Members
Kimberly Gray, PhD
Roxelyn & Richard Pepper Family Chair & Professor
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
James Kelly, MS
Health Program Manager
Environmental Surveillance and Assessment, Minnesota Department of Health
Jonathan Meiman, MD
Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist
Wisconsin Division of Public Health
Barrett Ristroph
Principal
Ristroph Law, Planning, and Research
Derek Shendell, D. Env, MPH
Associate Professor and Director of the NJ Safe Schools Program
Rutgers School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice
Jay Golden, PhD
President
Wichita State University
Elena Irwin, PhD
Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
Ohio State University
Rainer Lohmann, PhD
Professor of Oceanography
The University of Rhode Island
Donald Nelson, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Georgia
Leslie Rubin, MD
Developmental Pediatric Specialist
Morehouse School of Medicine
Michael Steinhoff, MPA, MSES
Program Director
ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability-USA
Designated Federal Official (DFO)
Tom Tracy (tracy.tom@epa.gov)
Office of Science Advisor, Policy and Engagement
Office of Research and Development
U.S. EPA